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# What Are the Differences Between Activity Timeline and Activity History?

When you view the activities related to a contact, lead, or person account, keep in mind how the activity timeline and the activity history view differ.

### Required Editions

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The activity timeline and the activity history view are two different views, and behave differently.

One difference appears when you send a list email to multiple contacts, leads, or campaign members. On each recipient’s activity timeline, the list email appears as one entry. When you click **View All** to view the recipient’s activity history, however, every email sent by the list email is shown.

For example, send a list mail to two contacts in an account. On the account’s activity timeline, the list email shows as one item. Then click **View All** on the Activity Timeline to open the activity history view. Two emails appear: one for each of the contacts in the list mail.